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Satellite · NORAD 40984 · COSPAR 2015-060A

TURKSAT 4B

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived
  • Operator Türkiye
  • Constellation
  • Country Türkiye

Altitude now

35,780.1km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.08km/s

Inclination

0.02°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,777km

Apogee

35,795km

orbit agingOrbit updated 12 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 05:38 UTC (24.2 h old)· Metadata updated 12 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of TURKSAT 4BTURKSAT 4B
LIVE · SGP4

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Latitude
0.022° S
Longitude
50.004° E
Altitude
35780.1 km
Velocity
3.075 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 05:38 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • TURKSAT 4BCelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SATCAT owner code
TURK · Türkiye

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
16 Oct 2015
COSPAR launch id
2015-060

Objects from the same launch · 2

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeTRCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeTURKCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassGEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources
  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 1 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 12 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak12 Sept 2026 05:05 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Quality flags

  • UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026

Timeline

Events

All events

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
40984
COSPAR / international designator
2015-060A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWX4DFCTBNEK87EKHCJ
Canonical slug
turksat-4b-40984

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Communications) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.